Getting Ready Art Camp Ages: 4 ½ – 7, Meets: 1:00-3:00
Each three-day camp will focus on a different theme. In addition to a guided drawing lesson, students will be exposed to a variety of related literature, exciting new media, making fun crafts, sewing, collage and clay projects. Four-year-olds must have prior pre-school experience, be able to follow multi-step directions and be able to write their name.
Tuition is $100 for three afternoons and includes all supplies and materials. Dress for a mess!
- World’s Cutest Animals, June 5-7 Draw, paint and craft your favorite cute animals including an axolotl, a saiga, a pygmy hippo and collage a fairy penguin. Learn how to create extra cute eyes for cartoon animals.
- Candle Making, Fairy and Magical Creature Drawing June 12-14 Each day we will draw a magical creature such as a fairy, unicorn, griffin or ogre and make a different candle craft.
- Tie Dye Camp, June 19-21 All new projects! Learn to fold, twist, pleat and crumple fabrics for interesting designs. We will also marbleize polymer clay to make beads for a keychain. Tuition is $125 due to supply costs.
- The Addams Family, June 26-28 Are you obsessed with all things Addams? Us too! We will draw Wednesday, Lurch, Enid, Thing and make fun Addams themed crafts each day. Optional: dress as your favorite character or wear black!
- Camp Colorado, June 26-28 Campers will have a blast in our classroom turned nature oasis as we draw, paint, craft and print animals and scenery from the Colorado wilderness. Little ones will enjoy inspecting our insect specimens, footprint samples and animal pelts as well as a presentation by the GPNC staff and critters.
- Arctic Animals, July 10-12 If your little one likes learning about animals and habitats this camp is perfect for them. Campers will enjoy drawing an Emperor penguin, Arctic fox and narwhal plus making a variety of crafts and sensory bins each day to take home.
- Magic School Bus, July 17-19 Daily projects are inspired by our favorite episodes of the Magic School Bus in this art and science combo camp. Mini makers will use our bins of stuff to create art and complete a new challenge each day. Students can look forward to dinos, nature, human body science experiments and engineering challenges.
- For the Birds, July 24-26 Future biologists will love this camp – we will draw a hummingbird, paint a chicken, make a flamingo sculpture and use air dry clay to make a bird in a nest. Real live chickens will be in attendance too!
- Under the Big Top, July 31-Aug. 2 If your tiny star likes to perform and make visual art this is the camp for them! Miss Christina from the Flow Foundry will be at camp each day to teach fun entertainment skills such as balloon twisting, juggling, hula hooping and glow in the dark face paint. Campers will also draw circus characters and animals such as a tiger jumping through a hoop of flames and make an Alexander Calder inspired sculpture with wire.
- Woodworking & Mosaic, Aug. 7-9 In this hands-on camp students will learn to use a scroll saw to cut out a butterfly to mosaic, use pieces of glass to mosaic a decorative garden stake and assemble wood scraps to make 3D castles.
Basic Drawing Art Camp Ages: 8-12, Meets: 1:00-3:00
Each three-day camp will focus on a different theme. Drawings are guided; perfect for the beginner elementary age student to learn skills or for the more advanced elementary aged student to improve upon existing skills. Camps are also fun for adults to take with their youth. Students will experience fun mixed media projects, complete several finished pieces and make neat advanced craft projects.
Tuition is $100 for each camp and includes all supplies and materials. Dress for a mess!
- World’s Cutest Animals, June 5-7 Draw, paint and craft your favorite cute animals including an axolotl, a saiga, a pygmy hippo and collage a fairy penguin. Learn how to create extra cute eyes for cartoon animals.
- Candle Making, Fairy and Magical Creature Drawing, June 12-14 Each day we will draw a magical creature such as a fairy, unicorn, griffin or ogre and make a different candle craft and potion.
- Under the Sea with Water Media, June 12-14 Students will learn cool techniques to paint a sea turtle, collage a dolphin, draw a shark and craft a beaded turtle necklace. A variety of water media will be used.
- Tie Dye Camp, June 19-21 All new projects! Learn to fold, twist, pleat and crumple fabrics for interesting designs. We will also marbleize polymer clay to make beads for a keychain. Tuition is $125 due to supply costs.
- Pop Art, June 19-21 Campers will enjoy using acrylic paint, collage and pastels to make cool art inspired by famous pop artists Andy Warhol, Keith Haring and Roy Lichtenstein. Bring a canvas bag or colored t-shirt to print on.
- The Addams Family, June 26-28 Are you obsessed with all things Addams? Us too! We will draw Wednesday, Lurch, Enid, Thing and make fun Addams themed crafts each day. Optional: dress as your favorite character or wear black!
- Star Wars Creatures, July 10-12 Get ready for a master art teacher to teach you the ways. The focus of this camp is on the fabulous creatures of Star Wars – we will use the movies, books and TV series for drawing inspiration. Also, create a creature out of polymer clay, make a wooden porg and create a terrarium habitat to take home.
- Pet Portraits, July 10-12 Our very favorite art teacher from Price Harris, Miss Haley Ensz, will lead students through the steps to create a realistic yet whimsical acrylic painting on canvas of their favorite pet. Please bring an 8×10 copy of your pet or favorite animal. The photo must capture the animals face fairly close up so we can see details to paint.
- Sewing Scrunchies and Hair Accessories, July 17-19 Learn to sew in a straight line on a sewing machine to make a scrunchie, tie-dye a bandana and make cute hair clips and accessories with fabric and felt.
- Lord of the Rings, July 17-19 Join us to draw, paint and sculpt with Fimo clay your favorite Tolkien characters, use oil pastel to draw the Eye of Sauron, make a mini Hobbit door, practice Tolkien fonts and make Shire herb soap.
- Stranger Things, July 24-26 Draw your favorite characters and monsters using a variety of media and Fimo clay, craft a Demogorgon house plant and make a Christmas light ornament.
- Card Making, July 24-26 One of our favorite Hyde Elementary teachers, Mynn Kitchen, will lead students through how to make cute, fun cards using a variety of media and stamps. Learn about layering, mixing colors, paper patterning, how to create an eye-catching layout and how to use color as a focal point. Adults welcome!
- Under the Big Top, July 31-Aug. 2 If your tiny star likes to perform and make visual art this is the camp for them! Miss Christina from the Flow Foundry will be at camp each day to teach fun entertainment skills such as balloon twisting, juggling, hula hooping and glow in the dark face paint. Campers will also draw circus characters and animals such as a tiger jumping through a hoop of flames and make an Alexander Calder inspired sculpture with wire.
- Woodworking & Mosaic, Aug. 7-9 In this hands-on camp students will learn to use a scroll saw to cut out a butterfly to mosaic, use pieces of glass to mosaic a decorative garden stake and assemble word scraps to make 3D castles.
Science Club Camps, Ages: 6-12, Meets: 1:00-3:00
Science Club Camps are hands on learning for curious kids! All lessons and experiments are created in house by our team of teachers.
Tuition is $100 for each camp and includes all materials. Dress for a mess!
- Gross Science 2 – All New! June 5-7 All new gross icky, sticky topics, experiments and crafts. Join us to investigate the slimy, smelly, disgusting and gross side of science. Have a gooey time making messy blood cell slime, jello brains, a pumping heart model and ear wax snacks all while learning about gross science! How much gas do humans pass in a day? Which animals fart? What can we grow in a petri dish? Come find out in all new gross science 2!
- Maker Space, June 12-14 Makerspace activities allow campers to engage in creating, experimenting and exploring with a wide range of materials. Campers will be challenged to make 3d structures using only paper, build their very own marble run, a paper plate water wheel and more. Campers will also be encouraged to tinker and build with the wide variety of makerspace materials available at The Art Park.
- Let’s Get Digital, June 19-21 It’s a digital age we live in! This camp will include using Botley & Sphero robots in various ways including painting with Sphero and Sphero robot wars. Introducing coding games on iPads, planning and creating a green screen parade and recording your own Lego/props stop motion movie.
- Candy Kitchen Science, June 26-28 Do you have a sweet tooth? This camp will mix science with everyone’s favorite thing – Candy! Campers will experiment, explore and discover with candy. Experiments will include a candy geode, dissolving candies, candy chromatography and popcorn pop rocks!
- Insectomania, July 10-12 Calling all future entomologists! Insects and bugs: love them or hate them they are an important part of our natural world. Explore the importance of bugs and insects through hands on activities, observe creepy crawlies using magnifying glasses and microscopes, learn about the life cycle of several insects, work together to make a worm farm and release ladybugs into the gardens on our campus. We will also learn how to create scientific drawings and have fun creating new species of insects with stamps.
- Bioluminescence Camp, July 17-19 Experiment and explore with bioluminescence! Find out which creatures have this amazing living light ability and why. Draw and discover all about these wonderful creatures and experiment with bioluminescence that includes glow in the dark slime and glow stick science.
- Magic or Science? July 24-26 Discover how magicians use science in their magic. Be ready to wow your family and friends with your knowledge of magic tricks that are actually based on science! We will uncover the mystery of floating ink, jumping beverage cans, inertia and curious curves.
- War Machines – Medieval and Modern Mayhem July 31-Aug. 2 Does your camper have an interest in war machines and their history or what they may look like in the future? Campers will build a working draw bridge, construct a catapult to bombard the castle, design and create a wrecking ball. Using Legos & other building materials students will also use their imagination and be inspired to build helicopters, tanks, planes and learn real nautical codes.
- Fizzle, Bubble, Pop! Aug. 7-9 Young scientists will enjoy combining common household objects for some pretty cool results. All experiments and sensory experiences are from books by the renowned author and educator, Lisa Murphey. Wear clothes that can get messy, these experiments are going to be ooey gooey!
Young Chefs Cooking Camps,
Ages: 4-7 and 8-12, Meets: 1:00-3:00
Each day students will participate in baking/cooking projects, eat a snack and (hopefully!) take treats home to share! Younger students will take turns adding ingredients for a group project while older children will work in pairs following along with instructors guided demonstration. Children will participate in food related games and crafts time permitting.
Tuition for the three afternoons is $100 and includes all supplies. Dress for a mess!
- Disney Princess, June 5-7, Ages: 4-7 Just like a Disney Princess our campers will be inspired to try new things such as a Sunshine Bowl, Scrumptious Scottish Scones, Seven Dwarfs Soup, Lucky Cucumber Salad, Sun Punch and more! Feel free to dress as your favorite princess each day!
- Seuss Cooking Challenges, June 12-14, Ages: 8-12 Young chefs will learn the secret to all Suessical cooking is a special ingredient…a heaping spoonful of IMAGINATION! Join us to make fun foods such as Green Eggs and Ham Boats, Cheese Trees, Pink Ink Drinks, Downside Up Muffins & Cat Hat Parfaits. A cook is a cook no matter how small!
- Seuss Cooking Challenges, June 19-21, Ages: 4-7 Young chefs will learn the secret to all Suessical cooking is a special ingredient…a heaping spoonful of IMAGINATION! We’ll make foods such as Green Eggs and Ham, Cheese Trees, Pink Ink Drinks, Downside Up Muffins and Cat Hat Parfaits. A cook is a cook no matter how small!
- Treats for Dogs, June 26-28, Ages: 4-12 Dog lovers can stir up appetizing homemade treats for their beloved pooches in this fun camp. Recipes include Peanut Butter-Honey Nut Cheerios Balls, Taco Treats, Birthday Blueberry Pupcakes, Frozen Magic Meatballs, and more! Crafts will be included time permitting.
- Betty Crocker’s Lost Recipes, July 10-12, Ages: 8-12 This camp will focus on several beloved recipes that have been tweaked for today’s kitchen. Recipes include savory and sweet dishes such as Sausage Cheese Balls, Mini Meatloaf, Pigs in a Blanket, Cherry Swirl Coffee Cake and more.
- Unofficial Tik Tok Recipes, July 17-19, Ages: 4-7 and 8-12 Lychee Boba Lemonade, Air Fryer Souffle Pancakes, Pizza Waffles, Pull-Apart Garlic Rolls, Spicy Mozzarella Sticks, Rolled Lasagna and more!
- Breakfast Foods, July 31-Aug. 2, Ages: 4-12 Get out of bed you sleepy heads, it’s time for breakfast foods! We will make Volcano Eggs, Banana Pancakes, Peanut Butter and Jam Cookies, Mini Cornbread Muffins & Breakfast Sundaes.
- Harry Potter Baking, Aug. 7-9, Ages: 8-12 Calling all Hogwarts enthusiasts! You can make delicious recipes straight out of Honeydukes sweet shop including: Fizzing Whizzbies, Butterbeer Ice Cream, Aunt Petunia’s Chocolate Cake, Ginger Cookies, Fever Fudge and Bird’s Nest Cookies.
Weekly Classes at the Monart School of Art
When we say “we can teach anyone how to draw,” we really mean it! Our patented, step-by-step method is perfect for the pre-school through elementary aged artist. Teens and adult artists alike will enjoy and benefit from the drawing challenges and exercises assigned in the Intermediate level classes. Our classrooms are safe, comfortable environments where students feel free to create. We believe there is no right or wrong, better or best, or “mistakes” in art. We believe it is an opportunity to problem solve and grow as an artist. Come discover the Monart difference!
Summer Enrollment Procedure: We are holding class for 9 weeks: June 8- Aug. 10. Pre-pay for 8 classes and choose which dates you can attend. If you attend all 9 classes, tuition for the last class will need to be arranged. Students are welcome to start mid-semester upon availability. Prices are as follows for 8 weeks and all supplies:
1 hour class: $160.00 1 ½ hour class: $180.00 2 hour class: $200.00
First Steps, Ages: 2½ – 5 Improves fine motor skills in our youngest artists in a relaxed pre-school setting. This is the perfect stepping stone for any child who has not attended school yet.
Thurs. 9:30-11:00
Monart Guided Drawing & Sculpture Classes, Ages: 4½ – 7 and 8-12: This unique multi-age class focuses on realistic drawing skills one week and the following week students will make a correlating sculpture with various materials. Guided drawing and sculpture both help young artists to improve spatial awareness, task completion, improves fine motor skills and following directions. There are at least two instructors in this multi-aged class so all ages have the support they need. Older children are taught how to combine additional details and advanced mark making for a more sophisticated result while younger students move at a quicker pace and projects are geared for their attention span.
Mon. 10:00-11:00 or Thurs. 1:00-2:00
Teen and Adult Intermediate Level Drawing and Painting Students of all experience levels welcome. Start the semester by practicing drawing exercises and then graduate to more complex lessons all while having the support and direction of our master teacher, Charles Baughman. Many of the lessons are adapted from college courses.
Mon. 9:30-11:30 or 4:30-6:00; Wed. 9:30-11:30
